grabble

Example Sentences

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It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

Happy dat de house am full So yuh'll hab toh trabble; Mister Trouble, stretch yoh laigs Libely down de grabble!

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

The father of the family, however, was quick to perceive his son's offence against good manners, and corrected him in a loud whisper: 'Moosn't grabble yer han' 'moong the 'tators here!'

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

Do you think you have a right to grabble my Prior Riparian Rights?

From The Discards by McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil

What a foolish fellow you are, indeed, trying to grabble cherries out of the ground, as you do potatoes!

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice